Metropolitan and People’s Micro Commerce partner to boost SME business

Metropolitan Computers (Pvt.) Ltd partnered with People’s Micro Commerce Ltd recently to support small and medium enterprises (SMES) in Sri Lanka to offer micro credit facilities to purchase essential workplace solutions.

With funding for essential workplace overheads and equipment expenses being a big drain on start-up companies and SMES, this tie up will enable SMES access to funding at a concessionary rate and funds made available within 24 hours, which would boost SME and start-up business activities.

“We will be offering SME customers a concessionary rate for purchasing their workplace solutions through Metropolitan,” said People’s Leasing and Finance PLC Deputy General Manager Marketing Laksanda Gunawardena. The SME sector is one of Sri Lanka’s fastest growing sectors with more than 50 percent employment generated through SMES according to analysts. The increasing demand in the sector is often not met due to limited funding capabilities of the SMES in advanced technology products and services.

This initiative will help SMES to purchase a range of items from Metropolitan’s full range of computing, printing, air conditioning, standby power generators, CCTV systems, point of sale units, plotters, copiers and even digital cameras mobile phones.

“Metropolitan is the only specialist workplace solutions company in Sri Lanka providing the full range of products from IT, to printing, to power and energy and so on. So we are happy to extend our range of products to the SME sector which can benefit from this partnership with Micro Commerce,” said Metropolitan Computers (Pvt.) Ltd Retail and SME Head Shamaz Hossen.

This special funding for the SME and start-up companies is available throughout Sri Lanka at the M centre branches and supported by 35 People’s Micro Commerce offices islandwide.

All Metropolitan products come with warranty and aftersales service promise of over 60 years industry trust of Metropolitan. Metropolitan Computers is a subsidiary of Metropolitan Holdings, which is a diversified conglomerate with companies offering sophisticated and simple engineering, communications, IT and imaging solutions.

Metropolitan Holdings Managing Director Ivor Maharoof, Metropolitan Computers (Pvt.) Ltd Director Chaminda Rajapakshe, MCPL Retail and SME Head Shamaz Hossen, MCPL Finance Manager Indika Priyardarshana, PLC DGM Marketing Laksanda Gunawardena, PML Officer In Charge Vajira Ramanayake, PML Senior Manager Wasantha Gunawardana, PML Second Officer Sandeepa Virajith and PLC Management Trainee Sanjaya Herath